Mariah Carey

One of the best-selling female performers of all time, Mariah Carey has risen to superstardom on the strength of her stunning five-octave vocal range. An elastic talent who has easily moved from glossy ballads to hip-hop-inspired dance-pop throughout her career, she earned early comparisons to Whitney Houston and Céline Dion, yet distinguished herself by co-writing almost all of her own material from the start. All four singles off her multi-platinum debut album, Mariah Carey (1990), topped the Billboard Hot 100, beginning with "Vision of Love," which also led to Grammy Awards...